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RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




HR12345 posted:

Not to mention that Yuna is his cousin. Of course, incest stuff like that is a fetish

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Kavak
Aug 23, 2009


Kanfy posted:

Kinda hilarious that you'd go for "in Japan" there when you're talking about one of the most popular fetishes in the US, in fact it's only second to lesbians.



There ain't no "step" in Japanese porn. :heysexy:

The Dark Id
Aug 13, 2005

Why
you
know
I
LOVE
THIS SHIT !!!!
[citation needed]
Episode CXXIII: Our Story's End





So there is a post-credits scene in Final Fantasy X. It's no Midgar ruins 100 years later with an open to interpretation of a better future where there was no sequels. But it'll have to do. We join Tidus curled up in a fetal position, seemingly floating deep in the sea.





Tidus stretches like he just woke up from a long, relaxing nap. As you do adrift in the depths of the ocean when residing in Spira. You've never napped until you've curled up a few hours on a corral reef.





Tidus looks to the surface and gleefully swims upwards towards it.



Smash cut to the game's title and logo. The end! That's the final shot of the game! Uhh... what was that all about, Square? Did Tidus get reborn into a new world? Did he get resurrected? Is he just having fun with Jecht in the Farplane or wherever dream people end up when their race gets wiped out of existing? I couldn't tell you! That was the end of Final Fantasy X!





















































It least I couldn't tell you back in 2001. They made a sequel. The “Good” Ending of said sequel picks up literally the second after Final Fantasy X's post-credits stinger concluded.


New Music: Epilogue




”Ooof... Oh god... Why did I think jumping off that airship was a good idea?! I think my everything is gonna bruise.”



“Alright, where did I wash up...? Oh... I'm gonna hate myself if I'm stuck on some nowhere isl—“



“Oh... Wait... Is that Besaid Island...? Huh... Cool!”






*whistle*



”Phew... I was worried for a second there I might get stuck on an island in the middle of nowhere. Heck if I was gonna tame some fiend to ride back to the m—“



“OH poo poo! Wait! I'm washing up back on Besaid again right after dealing with Sin. Is this a time loop?! Am I stuck in a time loop?! Ohnononono!”



“Nonononono!”



“Okay... Okay... Nobody has nearly took my head off with a blitzball. No Wakka... No bad blitzball players... Maybe it's just a coincidence? Calm down... Not a time loop. Just...”



“What the... Hey! HEY! Okay! Right on! The airship! I just fell in the ocean and they're coming to get me! Nice! Oh man, Yuna's gonna be pissed... I thought for sure I was about to disappear. I WAS disappearing! Wait... and I saw her dad, and Auron, and my old man... That happened. So what is going on...?”





“...Wait. Hold up. That is... Not Cid's airship...”



“...And it is NOT slowing down. Oh shiiiii—“






”...What the actual hell is happening?!”







”Uhhhh... Yuna?! What the fu—”









“Are you real?”
“...”
“I think so.”
”I guess... the whole fayth... dream... thingie with me didn't pan out... Weird.”





“Do I pass?”
*nods and smiles* “Hmm. You're back...”



“I am back.”
”Did you like... do something to your hair...?”

Tidus hugs Yuna...



“I'm home.”
”Sorry, I jumped off the airship. It... seemed like a rad idea at the time...”
“What...?”
“Before. I was fading away and I thought 'man jumping off the airship before I was gone would be badass' and... well... here we are. Super sorry!”
“Who cares about that?”
“Oh... Phew... I was real worried you were gonna be pissed...”
“Oh course not.”

“Welcome home.”

Yuna hugs Tidus back...



“Yes, home.”



“Hehe.”
”Is that... Rikku?”
“Yes.”
“Is she like... going to the beach or...?”
“No.”
“...Okay. Is that... Lulu? She looks... real different without the belts and the hair... and the brea—black... magic...?”
“No. That's my friend, Paine. You haven't met.”
“I... Okay...”
”How long was I frikkin' gone...?”




”So is that... him? The guy Yuna was so hung up on?”
“Yep!”
“...I thought he like died or something?”
*shrug* “He got better?”
“...So is he unsent?”
“No. He was... uhh... He was like a ghost maybe? I uhh... or an aeon maybe? I dunno! He's not unsent... I think... Pretty sure... Like 50/50.”
“That's not pretty sure. That's 50% That's half sure...”
“...50 is a pretty big number.”
“...”
“So how did we know he'd be here?”
*shrug* “Like umm... I dunno. Brother just said it said Hotspot: Besaid Island and welp!”
“...”
“...What did you say this guy's name was again?”
“It is... him. You know...?”
“No... I know *who* it is. What was his name?”
*rubs neck* “Umm... we should like... go greet him!”
“You don't remember.”
“It was like... Uhh... Tea... Rust... Umm... Err...”
“Just say you don't remember his name.”
“Hey it was two years ago, alright! A whole LOT happened! Gimme a break! Sheesh!”
“...”




“Heeeeey! Get a room, you two!”





Oh, by the way the entirety of Besaid Island's population sneaked onto the beach as Tidus and Yuna were having a tender moment. For context, this scene doesn't have any build-up. No summoning rite or incantation is set to rebirth the dream boy Tidus in the waters outside Besaid Island. This kinda just happens out of nowhere!



The trigger is after defeating the final boss in the heart of the Farplane (long story), assuming Yuna and her gang, the Gullwings, have completed a decent amount of side quest content (Final Fantasy X-2 is 90% side quests.) Yuna and friends will be walking through a field of flowers in the Farplane on their way back to the airship. If the player presses X during this sequence, they'll hear a whistle. At which point Ghost Kid shows up, thanks Yuna for sorting out the final boss, and asks if she wants to see her dream boyfriend again.

If she says yes, Ghost Kid says “ehh... you did us a solid. Maybe we'll dream a LITTLE bit more and bringing him back. But no promises.” And then this happens! Anyway, back to it...



“Whasssssassup!”



“Who asked you to watch, Wakka?”



*shrugs* “Hmph.”



“Hehehe.”



“Hehehe.”
“Wait... WAIT! Hold right up! Lulu is that a baby...? Is that your...?”



”WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT?! You and Wakka...?! HOW THE HELL LONG WAS I GONE FOR?!"



”I have SO many questions... I am SO confused right now... Holy hell! What is this?!”



*waves frantically* “Hehe. Hiya!”



“Hehe...”
”Holy what... C'mon. I... we need to... let's get on shore. I need to sit down for a minute here...”







*giggles happily*

Yuna speeds up in front of Tidus and starts pulling him from ahead...



“Huh? Hey! Whoa... You know, you've changed.”
”And I'm not gonna lie... All for the pretty awesome!”



“Well, you've missed a few things.”



“I wanna hear everything!”
”I dunno... It's a REALLY stupid story... Are you sure...?”
“I am.”
“Don't say I didn't warn you...”




“Well... It all began when I saw this sphere of you...”









































Five hours later...



“...Wow, Yuna. Wow... I am sorry I asked...”
“Hey. I did warn you.”







Video: Final Fantasy Xs Epilogue
(You should watch this.)

The Dark Id fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Mar 29, 2016

The Dark Id
Aug 13, 2005

Why
you
know
I
LOVE
THIS SHIT !!!!
[citation needed]
There is one more update left.

The Dark Id fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Mar 28, 2016

Leal
Oct 2, 2009
I admit, I found it a bit sweet that Yuna gets her happy ending at the end of X-2 :unsmith:

Kanfy
Jan 9, 2012

Just gotta keep walking down that road.
The baby inheriting Wakka's silly hairstyle is pretty adorable, and also great because it implies that that's the natural state of his hair.

Malachite_Dragon
Mar 31, 2010

Weaving Merry Christmas magic

Leal posted:

I admit, I found it a bit sweet that Yuna gets her happy ending at the end of X-2 :unsmith:

Agreed :unsmith:

pre-emptive shut the gently caress up about the novel the novel was really loving stupid and didn't loving happen

:q:
That is a hell of a face, Tidus.

Blueberry Pancakes
Aug 18, 2012

Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!
Wakka ends up giving his baby an Al Bhed name, incidentally.

The Dark Id posted:

”Is that... Rikku?”
“Yes.”
“Is she like... going to the beach or...?”
“No.”
“...Okay.


Well, technically, she's at the beach right now. :v:

But yeah, the Good Ending of Final Fantasy X-2 is good feelings all around.

HR12345
Nov 19, 2012
Oh god, is this gonna be like that Tales of Vesperia LP where there was STILL so much content even after the main story and sidequests are all over?

Brainamp
Sep 4, 2011

More Zen than Zenyatta

Totally worth doing the majority of content to get that ending.

Kavak
Aug 23, 2009


The Dark Id posted:

There is one more update left.


Leal posted:

I admit, I found it a bit sweet that Yuna gets her happy ending at the end of X-2 :unsmith:


Hobgoblin2099 posted:

But yeah, the Good Ending of Final Fantasy X-2 is good feelings all around.

Ehe....hehehe....Haha!...AHAHAHAHA!!!! :kheldragar:

Malachite_Dragon
Mar 31, 2010

Weaving Merry Christmas magic
no shut up the novel didn't happen :argh: I am tired of hack writers going "Happy endings are for suckers" and making GBS threads all over it. Let us have this.

Blueberry Pancakes
Aug 18, 2012

Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!
But seriously, gently caress that novel.

Space Kablooey
May 6, 2009


I just noticed NuYuna is wearing a hoodie, but it's just the hood itself and not the rest of it.

Huh.

Spiritus Nox
Sep 2, 2011

And they all lived.

Happily.

Ever.

After.

JustAnotherNobody
Jun 20, 2015
If you people are going to be sadistic, go ahead and ask Id to 100% LP Sonic 06 or Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric.

:unsmigghh:

Xander77
Apr 6, 2009

Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.



I actually liked Id's aborted LP of Fallout, so... the Witcher 1-2? The first has just the right amount of jank and suffering, while the second is a genuinely good game.

Radio
Jul 25, 2003

Oh no, trash bear!
The only crime here is the lack of photoshopping on these amazing out-of-context 2002 CG face shots.

SorataYuy
Jul 17, 2014

That... didn't even make sense.

The Dark Id posted:

out bringing him back

Er, what?

Also, Holy BALLS did Lulu's boobs get bigger in this new epilogue. I mean, I know they get bigger when a woman is pregnant/nursing anyway, but I would swear she's gone up like 2-3 cup sizes. They don't get that much bigger, Square-Enix. O_O

P.S. gently caress FFX "Will". It's a fan fic that should never have seen the light of day, much less shoved onto the HD collection as extra content. :argh:

Zagglezig
Oct 16, 2012
The image names make me happy.

The Dark Id posted:

'man jumping off the airship before I got would be badass'

Maybe we'll dream a LITTLE bit more and you out bringing him back.

Whsssssassup!

Don't say I did warn you...

Dunno if whssasup was intentional since it is fun to pronounce, but figured I should mention it.

Leal
Oct 2, 2009

Malachite_Dragon posted:

no shut up the novel didn't happen :argh: I am tired of hack writers going "Happy endings are for suckers" and making GBS threads all over it. Let us have this.

I forgot about that.. Also



I guess the CGI team was ok with rendering Lulu's belts since she was only in one cutscene in X-2 :v:

Llab
Dec 28, 2011

PEPSI FOR VG BABE

The Dark Id posted:

There is one more update left.

I am hearing the most ominous sound, and I don't understand why.

Speedball
Apr 15, 2008

I'm expecting him to slot in another easter egg like the "Caim? Is this the land of the gods?" he did for...what was it, Chrono Cross?

bean mom
Jan 30, 2009

Llab posted:

I am hearing the most ominous sound, and I don't understand why.

he will sing the song that ends the lp

RyuujinBlueZ
Oct 9, 2007

WHAT DID YOU DO?!

Llab posted:

I am hearing the most ominous sound, and I don't understand why.

It sounds like the music that plays at the beginning of the final day in Majora's Mask.

gigglefeimer
Mar 16, 2007
The music in the epilogue is absolutely beautiful. It really makes the ending.

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k
I'm the guy who didn't like the good ending of X-2. The whole drat story is about Yuna moving on. Tidus coming back is dumb.


Tidus's comment on the story of X-2 broke me, though.

Malachite_Dragon
Mar 31, 2010

Weaving Merry Christmas magic

Shinjobi posted:

I'm the guy who didn't like the good ending of X-2. The whole drat story is about Yuna moving on. Tidus coming back is dumb.

While I disagree, I can understand why you would think that.

"Fixing" it the way the novel did, though, is unacceptable and actively offensive.

gigglefeimer
Mar 16, 2007

Shinjobi posted:

I'm the guy who didn't like the good ending of X-2. The whole drat story is about Yuna moving on. Tidus coming back is dumb.


Tidus's comment on the story of X-2 broke me, though.

I agree the ending where he doesn't come back is better. But you can't make a sequel with multiple endings and not have him come back in any of them, that would be incredibly dumb.

Geostomp
Oct 22, 2008

Unite: MASH!!
~They've got the bad guys on the run!~

Malachite_Dragon posted:

no shut up the novel didn't happen :argh: I am tired of hack writers going "Happy endings are for suckers" and making GBS threads all over it. Let us have this.

We speak not of that novel and hope that its writer was justly fired.

Blueberry Pancakes
Aug 18, 2012

Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!

gigglefeimer posted:

The music in the epilogue is absolutely beautiful. It really makes the ending.

It's a rearrange of the Besaid theme from X-2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix1Sc_aeg3U

Shinjobi posted:

I'm the guy who didn't like the good ending of X-2. The whole drat story is about Yuna moving on. Tidus coming back is dumb.

There's an ending where Yuna decides not to have Tidus come back, saying that she's always with him as it is.

I think that ending was pretty good as well.

Verant
Oct 20, 2012

Go on an adventure ordained by fate?
-->Okay.
-->Eh.

Zyla posted:

he will sing the song that ends the lp

I. HEAR. A. SOUND.

Bufuman
Jun 15, 2013

Sleep in the briefing room.
At your own peril.

Leal posted:

I admit, I found it a bit sweet that Yuna gets her happy ending at the end of X-2 :unsmith:

Agreed so much. I love my Super Mega Happy Endings. gently caress all your True Art Is Angsty bullshit, directors of the world, let me have my cheesy happy goodness!

...So we're all agreed that the novels and other extras are non-canon as gently caress, right? I'm content with continuing to pretend they don't exist.

Kemix
Dec 1, 2013

Because change

Leal posted:

I admit, I found it a bit sweet that Yuna gets her happy ending at the end of X-2 :unsmith:

And. Hell. it's not like they mashed the happy ending button. She loving -earned- that happy ending.

Llab
Dec 28, 2011

PEPSI FOR VG BABE

Bufuman posted:

...So we're all agreed that the novels and other extras are non-canon as gently caress, right? I'm content with continuing to pretend they don't exist.

I feel like Id starts cackling every time someone says this.

AlphaKretin
Dec 25, 2014

A vase to face encounter.

...Vase to meet you?

...

GARVASE DAY!

The final update is that one test post from the mega thread, calling it now.

Shugojin
Sep 6, 2007

THE TAIL THAT BURNS TWICE AS BRIGHT...


Good to know that Wakka's terrible loving hair is hereditary.

Shitenshi
Mar 12, 2013

The Dark Id posted:


Oh, by the way the entirety of Besaid Island's populous sneaked onto the beach as Tidus and Yuna were having a tender moment.

Blueberry Pancakes
Aug 18, 2012

Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!

AlphaKretin posted:

The final update is that one test post from the mega thread, calling it now.

Honestly, I feel like it's just going to be X-2's 100% Ending.

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BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn

Hobgoblin2099 posted:

Honestly, I feel like it's just going to be X-2's 100% Ending.

I'm hoping it's this too because it's a really nice capstone to Yuna's character arc in X-2.

X-2 is a story about People Moving On, so Tidus possibly coming back at the end theoretically screws that all up. But it is also a story about love overcoming all odds and Yuna going out of her way to make sure everyone ends up happy, so you know what? gently caress it, sure, give her her dream boyfriend back. The 100% ending makes a point of it not regressing Yuna's character any too. The novel... we don't talk about the novel.

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